As the days counted down to the day of the party, the green pegasus became more and more eager for the day to arrive. He longed to be accepted by everypony and end the days of being mocked or insulted.
Chapter 5
My Items:
‘Archives’ Rod
‘Balcony’ Rod
Elevator Key
1 large oil potion
4 oil jars
12 tinderboxes
8 laudanum bottles
My lantern
Notebook
Hammer and chipper
Explosive Mixture
As I exit the Laboratory, I carefully look at my surroundings to make sure none of those “monstrosities” are around. After I see the coast is clear, I carefully make my way across to the Wine Cellar. I carefully work my way down the stairs and down the small corridor to the rock slide. I set the explosive mixture down near the rocks, remove the gas mask, and give it a gentle kick. I then dash up the stairs and cover my ears as I hear the fizzing sound from the mixture start to get louder.
There is a loud explosion from the corridor below. I go down the stairs again to see both the rubble and the mixture are gone, revealing another door at the end of the corridor. However, when I try to open it, I discover it is locked from the other side ‘Oh, COME ON!! Are you kidding me?! I gotta get out of here; one of those creatures is most likely to have heard that explosion!’ I immediately exit the Wine Cellar and cautiously head for the only place left to go; the Machine Room.
I enter the machine room and head for the door on the right. I walk over to the terminal and insert the ‘Balcony’ rod into the slot with the pink triangle and the ‘Archives’ rod into the slot with the yellow square. ‘I should be able to reach these areas in the house now.’ I turn around to leave the machine room when suddenly I hear the giggling of a filly followed by:
“Helloooo, any pony in here?”
The Thing is back! Without hesitation, I rush to the bookcase and pull down the green book down. The bookcase opens and I dash inside to mash the button inside. The bookcase closes just as I hear the door to the room being smashed apart.
“Where are you my friend? I want to play with you.”
My head starts to pound again and my hooves start shaking as I find the candle in this room has been out for quite some time and I am in complete darkness. The Thing’s voice does not help as its words send chills down my spine and the metal item she is dragging gives me the urge to scream.
“Where are you? I want you to meet Mr. Choppy.”
‘Mr. Choppy?!’ As I try to keep myself from panicking, I accidently hit the button with my shoulder and the bookcase swings open. My heart nearly stops and my mind runs through hundreds of solutions at once as I try to think of what to do. Finally, I grab the box with the unlit candle on it and wait near the opening. I stay perfectly still until I see a silhouette of a gray filly in a shining gray dress with a machete.
“Hello my frie- OMPH!”
I throw the box at the Thing and jump over her and sprint for the exit. It does not take it long to recover as I hear her quickly pick up her machete and give chase.
“You bully! You’ll PAY for that!”
I make a sharp left turn as burst out the door to the Main Hall and slam it behind me. I quickly rush over to the brass gate of the elevator and pull out the key. I miss the keyhole several times thanks to my nerves, but I finally manage to unlock the gate. Opening the gate, I see the elevator is a very old model. There are four buttons on the left that are marked from top to bottom.
O Balcony
O Archives
O Main Hall
O Playroom
On the right is a lever that operates the elevator. Suddenly, I hear the door to the Machine Room start to open. I quickly close the gates to the elevator, hit the “Archives” button, and pull the lever down. The elevator comes to life and I ascend to the next floor just in time to see a small metal hoof come out of the Machine Room.
The elevator comes to a stop as it approaches an iron gate. I try to push the gate open, but there is a massive wooden chest, with multiple boxes stacked on top of it, blocking the gate. After my efforts prove to be in vain, I press the “Balcony” button and pull the lever to ascend to the highest level in the house. As the elevator approaches the highest floor, I see the doorway is blocked by some thin wooden planks.
‘Hmm, a few whacks with a hammer ought to take these things down.’ I take out my hammer and give each plank a series of whacks. Sure enough, the planks break loose, allowing me to continue on. I turn on my lantern so I can see as I walk through the wooden corridor. The corridor then makes a sharp left as it leads to the balcony outside. It is now dusk outside as the sun is lowering from the sky to make way for Luna’s beautiful moon.
I step out on to the balcony to notice a large part of railing is missing and it looks like it had been torn off by a big storm. I look over the missing railing to see I am about three stories high. ‘Oh Celestia, I never knew I was so high up!’ My thoughts are interrupted as I hear heavy breathing behind me. I turn around to see a pink unicorn about six inches away from my face. I heart gets caught in my throat as I examine the face that is right in front of me.
She has red irises and the white of her eyes, or what should have been white, were completely black. Her mane was straight, jet black, and only came down to the top of her neck. Her horn was curved skyward and sharpened to a point. She had dry blood on her chin that ran down to her chest. She was wearing a wide grin that only an insane pony would wear.
“I win, you lose!!”
With that, the Psycho pushes me off of the Balcony. I finally let out a scream as I fall through the air and plummet towards the ground, praying to the goddesses that this is just a dream and I that I will not meet this terrible fate.
End of Chapter 5